get along

Questions about get along

What does get along mean?

get along means "proceed or get along". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for get along?

Close synonyms include do, fare, make out, come, get along with. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get along a common word?

get along is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.